Five fighters from this past weekend’s Strikeforce Challengers 19 event face potential layoffs of six months or longer.

The list includes main-card fighters Shawn Jordan, Lavar Johnson and Brian Melancon, as well as preliminary-card competitors Magno Almeida and Bobby Green.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today obtained the list of medical suspensions from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Strikeforce Challengers 19 took place Sept. 23 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino
Resort in Las Vegas. The night’s five-fight main card aired on Showtime.

The full list of Strikeforce Challengers 19 suspensions included:

Nick Rossborough: Suspended until Oct. 24 with no contact during training until Oct. 15 due to a forehead laceration

Shawn Jordan: Suspended indefinitely unless third metacarpal on left hand is cleared by an X-ray; if broken, must be cleared by an orthopedic doctor

Lavar Johnson: Suspended until March 23 due to right-elbow and right-knee injuries, though he can be cleared early by an orthopedic doctor; regardless, suspended until Oct. 15 with no contact until Oct. 8 for precautionary reasons

Ryan Couture: Suspended until Nov. 6 with no contact until Oct. 24 due to three forehead lacerations

Todd Moore: Suspended until Oct. 24 with no contact until Oct. 15 due to a scalp laceration

Brian Melancon: Suspended until March 23 unless the first finger on his right hand is cleared by an X-ray

James Terry: Suspended until Oct. 24 with no contact until Oct. 15 due to left-eyebrow and lower-right-eye lacerations

Magno Almeida: Suspended until March 23 if X-rays show a left-wrist fracture; if fractured, he can be cleared early by an orthopedic doctor

Bobby Green: Suspended indefinitely due to left hand (fourth and fifth metacarpal) and right hand (third metacarpal) injures, though he can be cleared early by a doctor

Quinn Mulhern: Suspended until Nov. 6 with no contact until Oct. 24 due to a scalp laceration

Danny Davis: Suspended until Oct. 24 with no contact during training until Oct. 15 for precautionary reasons

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